what does it take to be an executive chief learning officer? learning from Joe Ganci

You Should Know Joe Joe Ganci is a leader in the eLearning design and development community. Anyone who’s in this community knows that what I just said is an understatement. Allow me to quote from an interview Joe had posted on the Learnovators website: Joseph Ganci is President of eLearningJoe, LLC, a custom learning company located outside Washington. D.C. Since …

Dive Deep: Advanced Actions, Variables, and JavaScript in Adobe Captivate

I was recently able to give a presentation on Adobe Captivate’s more advanced features (and tell a few sea stories along the way) at the Adobe E-Learning Conference here in DC (May 17, 2016). I had a great time learning from other amazing presentations, and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to share. Might be able to come back …

Enneagram and Me: Looking at the Enneagram and “What Type of Leader Are You?”

My classmates and I, part of the first cohort of the Executive Chief Learning Officer graduate certificate at George Mason University, are on the home stretch. We just entered the third module this week and are taking classes on Leadership and Learning Analytics and Big Data. Our professors are seasoned leaders in business. Roy Hinton, an Associate Dean at George …

Team Learning and Changing Realities: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Learning Organization

As part of my studies for the Executive Chief Learning Officer graduate certificate at George Mason University, I’m studying the book Building the Learning Organization: Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to Learning. The book has been a great read so far, and I can see it becoming a go-to reference in years ahead on how to transform and build …

The Learning Value Chain

Everyone needs to show what they’re bringing to the table. That’s one of the things I’m learning at George Mason University’s first offering of the Executive Chief Learning Officer graduate certificate. How do learning and performance teams let everyone else know they’re providing value to a company or organization? Enter the Learning Value Chain. ORIGINS A Value Chain, as defined …

The Importance of a Proper Needs Assessment

I’m in the first cohort of the Executive Chief Learning Officer (ECLO) graduate certificate program at George Mason University. As part of my coursework there, I’m reading The Chief Learning Officer by Tamar Elkeles and Jack Phillips. I can’t tell you how grateful I am that chapter 4 of the book, “Align the Learning Enterprise with Business Needs”, is there. …